Maple Leafs 2 - 1 Sabres
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Sabres seek fourth straight win

Dec 12, 2008 - 11:24 AM Toronto (10-12-6) at Buffalo (14-11-3), 7:30 pm EST

BUFFALO, New York (Ticker) -- The month of November did not treat the Buffalo Sabres well. The start of this month did not either, but they seemed to have fixed that.

The Sabres hope to match their season-best, four-game win streak when they host the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday.

Buffalo went 5-8-0 in November and dropped the first two games of December, but thanks to an impressive stretch by a rejuvenated offense, it has gotten back on track.

Thomas Vanek scored two goals and increased his league-leading total to 22 in the Sabres' 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday. He has scored a goal in 16 of 28 games and has six multi-goal contests.

Buffalo has notched four goals in each of their last three contests.

Toronto, meanwhile, defeated the New York Islanders, 4-2, on Monday and snapped its three-game losing streak.

Goaltender Vesa Toskala has started seven straight games, surrendering two or less goals in five.






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    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    TORONTO 0 1 1 2
    BUFFALO 1 0 0 1 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: BUF - TONI LYDMAN 1 (DEREK ROY, DREW STAFFORD) 6:02
    2ND PRD: TOR - JEREMY WILLIAMS 2 (PAVEL KUBINA) 17:39
    3RD PRD: TOR - IAN WHITE 5 (MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI, LEE STEMPNIAK) 12:04
    POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: TOR - 0 OF 4, BUF -

    Dec 12 9:54 PM


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    TORONTO 2
    BUFFALO 1
    3RD PRD: TOR - IAN WHITE 5 (MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI, LEE STEMPNIAK) 12:04

    Maple Leafs 2, Sabres 1  3rd - 7:56Dec 12 9:43 PM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    TORONTO 0 1 1
    BUFFALO 1 0 1 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: BUF - TONI LYDMAN 1 (DEREK ROY, DREW STAFFORD) 6:02
    2ND PRD: TOR - JEREMY WILLIAMS 2 (PAVEL KUBINA) 17:39
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    TOR 11 11 22
    BUF

    Dec 12 9:04 PM


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    TORONTO 1
    BUFFALO 1
    2ND PRD: TOR - JEREMY WILLIAMS 2 (PAVEL KUBINA) 17:39

    Maple Leafs 1, Sabres 1  2nd - 2:21Dec 12 9:00 PM
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    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    TORONTO 0 0
    BUFFALO 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: BUF - TONI LYDMAN 1 (DEREK ROY, DREW STAFFORD) 6:02
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    TOR 11 11
    BUF 9 9
    GOALIES: TOR - VESA TOSKALA
    BUF - RY

    Dec 12 8:11 PM
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    TORONTO 0
    BUFFALO 1
    1ST PRD: BUF - TONI LYDMAN 1 (DEREK ROY, HENRIK TALLINDER) 6:02

    Maple Leafs 0, Sabres 1  1st - 13:58Dec 12 7:49 PM

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